Pure and brilliant colours in soft pastel sticks for those seeking the student-artist quality level. Van Gogh slim, round sticks are ideal for using the edges for detail or on its side for broad area coverage. Composed of high-quality pigments and kaolin clay for a formulation with easy colour transfer, a velvety appearance, and made to be less likely to crumble. Pigments are free of heavy metals: lead, cadmium, and cobalt. Pastels work fantastic on grounds with tooth (surface texture) that can hold the pastels, such as paper, cardboard, stone, asphalt, or wood. Pastel drawings and paintings are not smudge-proof, and it's recommended to use a fixative on top of finished artwork. colours are lightfast rated with good (25-100 years under museum conditions) to excellent (100+ years under museum conditions). This 60-piece pastel set includes an urban landscape / cityscape colour palette: White(5) (100.5), Light Yellow(8) (201.8), Deep Yellow(5) (202.5), Deep Yellow(12) (202.12), Lemon Yellow(5) (205.5), Lemon Yellow(8) (205.8), Yellow Ochre(5) (227.5), Yellow Ochre(7) (227.7), Gold Ochre(3) (231.3), Raw Sienna(3) (234.3), Orange(5) (235.5), Light Orange(5) (236.5), Light Orange(9) (236.9), Carmine(3) (318.3), Madder Deep(5) (331.5), Light Oxide Red(7) (339.7), Caput Mortuum Violet(5) (343.5), Permanent Red Light(5) (370.5), Permanent Red Deep(5) (371.5), Raw Umber(7) (408.7), Burnt Umber(3) (409.3), Burnt Umber(5) (409.5), Burnt Umber(9) (409.9), Burnt Sienna(5) (411.5), Ultramarine Light(5) (505.5), Ultramarine Light(9) (505.9), Ultramarine Deep(3) (506.3), Ultramarine Deep(5) (506.5), Prussian Blue(5) (508.5), Prussian Blue(7) (508.7), Turquoise Blue(5) (522.5), Turquoise Blue(8) (522.8), Violet(9) (536.9), Mars Violet(5) (538.5), Red Violet(5) (545.5), Blue Violet(5) (548.5), Blue Violet(7) (548.7), Phthalo Blue(5) (570.5), Phthalo Blue(7) (570.7), Permanent Green Light(5) (618.5), Permanent Green Deep(5) (619.5), Olive Green(3) (620.3), Olive Green(7) (620.7), Cinnabar Green Light(3) (626.3), Cinnabar Green Light(10) (626.1), Cinnabar Green Deep(2) (627.2), Cinnabar Green Deep(5) (627.5), Cinnabar Green Deep(10) (627.1), Permanent Yellow Green(5) (633.5), Permanent Yellow Green(7) (633.7), Bluish Green(7) (640.7), Phthalo Green(5) (675.5), Black(5) (700.5), Grey(3) (704.3), Grey(7) (704.7), Grey(10) (704.1), Mouse Grey(7) (707.7), Mouse Grey(9) (707.9), Green Grey(7) (709.7), Bluish Grey(7) (727.7).
